"You don't really expect much," Fulcher said. "I think just going in and not having any pressure on me was pretty big.

"It's definitely a great place to be. Talking it over with my agent, he asked whether I wanted to hold off or go with Detroit? Looking at their roster, talking to all the management they had at camp, it just seemed like it was going to be the perfect fit. I don't think I could have gotten luckier."

The Red Wings have the option to send him back to Hamilton for an overage season but are planning on turning him pro. He'll be competing for a job with the Grand Rapids Griffins but likely will be moving back and forth from the ECHL Toledo Walleye to Grand Rapids, as needed.

"It's definitely huge to know that they're making plans for you," Fulcher said. "You make sure that every day you show at the rink at the OHL level, that you want to keep putting in the work to get to that next level. I think getting a little taste of it at the prospect tournament and the main camp, you see just how good everyone is, and how good you're going to have to get to get there."

The Red Wings selected Sambrook in the fifth round of the 2016 draft (137th overall). They have until June 1 to sign him or he will re-enter the draft. They are still evaluating.

Sambrook (6-2, 195) has no goals and six assists in 18 playoff games. He had 10 goals and 39 points in 67 regular season games, along with a plus-43 rating, with ranked fourth in the OHL.

Rasmussen, Smith done

Michael Rasmussen's season ended Monday night when his Tri-City Americans lost 6-5 in overtime against Everett in Game 6 of their WHL semifinal series.

Rasmussen, Detroit's top pick in 2017 (ninth overall), was tied for second with 16 goals and second with 33 points in 14 playoff games.

It might have been his final junior game. The Red Wings are hoping Rasmussen makes the NHL roster out of training camp. They have him projected as their third-line left wing next season before transitioning to center, his natural position, the following season. If he doesn't make the NHL roster he must be sent back to Tri-City because he has another year of junior eligibility. He can't play in the AHL next season.

Rasmussen, however, would have joined the Grand Rapids Griffins for the AHL playoffs had they not been eliminated Monday by Manitoba in Game 5 of the first round.

Right wing Givani Smith watched his Kitchener Rangers lose 4-3 in double-overtime Monday in Game 7 against Sault Ste. Marie. Smith was suspended by the OHL for an inappropriate gesture made toward the Sault Ste. Marie bench the previous game.

Smith had 11 goals and 18 points in 18 playoff games. He will begin his pro career next season in Grand Rapids.